Good point, but are you sure the sun could really cause an RC event? Isnt' the IR signal modulated with ~38 KHz. Is sunlight capable of spoofing this moduleation thereby causing the IR detector/demodulator to toggle?
Of course there is still the problem that any other remote, like for a stereo would turn the PC on (but why would anyone need anything but 1 Freevo box and 1 remote :) ? -Rich --- Matthieu Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri 04.07.2003 at 08:50:29AM -0700, Rich C wrote: > > Seems like there should be an easier way to do > this > > without needing a microcontroller. > > > > What about a simple logic circuit that does as > > follows: > > 1. Check some pin on the motherboard to see if it > is > > fully powered up. > > 2. If not powered up, then if there is any > activity on > > IR receiver, toggle wake on lan signal to power up > the > > PC (or just toggle power pin, that your front > panel > > power button connects to). > > And this way the PC will wake up on any RC event > (even if it's the sun > playing with an opening window)... That's why the > micro-controller is > needed. > > > 3. Ignore any IR activity while the PC is fully > > powered on. > > > > The key is having the signal which tells you the > PC is > > powerd up, there's got to be such a pin somewhere > on > > the mobo. > > Or use the keyboard input, using the > micro-controller to fake a > keypress. > > Matthieu > -- > (~._.~) Matthieu Weber - Universit� de > Jyv�skyl� (~._.~) > ( ? ) email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ( ? ) > ()- -() public key id : 452AE0AD > ()- -() > (_)-(_) "Humor ist, wenn man trotzdem lacht > (Germain Muller)" (_)-(_) > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built > ASP.NET sites including > Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are > available now. > Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual > Studio .NET. > http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
